Delta plane flips upside down on landing at Toronto airport, injuring 18

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A Delta Air Lines regional jet flipped upside down upon landing at Canada's Toronto Pearson Airport on Monday (Feb 17) amid windy weather following a snowstorm, injuring 18 of the 80 people on board, officials said.  Authorities said three passengers, including a child, suffered critical injuries.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/ycy7hmxt  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A Delta Air Lines regional jet flipped upside down on Monday while landing at Toronto Pearson

00:05Airport amid windy weather, injuring 18 of 80 on board.

00:10Authorities said three passengers, including a child, suffered critical injuries.

00:15Toronto Pearson International Airport President and CEO Debra Flint attributed to the absence

00:21of fatalities in part to the work of first responders at the airport.

00:25The plane was carrying four crew and 76 passengers, among them 22 Canadians.

00:32The other passengers were multinational.

00:36Airport emergency workers mounted a textbook response, reaching the site within minutes

00:40and quickly evacuating the passengers.

00:43We immediately halted further arrivals and departures on our remaining three runways.

00:50Those runways were reopened at approximately 5 p.m.

00:54The other runways are remaining to serve the investigation, which will be carrying forward

00:59for the rest of tonight and into the next several days.

01:03The cause of the crash is still under investigation and being led by the Transportation Safety

01:08Board.

01:09It is not appropriate for us to comment at this time.

01:14At this time, we believe all our emergency response went as planned.

01:20We will, however, be conducting a review.

01:23This is an active investigation.

01:26It's very early on.

01:28It's really important that we do not speculate.

01:31What we can say is the runway was dry and there was no crosswind conditions.

01:37Flint said there would be some operational impact and delays at Toronto Airport over

01:41the next few days, while two runways remained closed for the investigation.

01:46The Toronto Airport was shut down for more than two hours before departures and arrivals

01:51resumed.

01:53For more information, visit www.FEMA.gov

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